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navan 11th Nov

Flemenstar opened what looks sure to be an an exciting season with a superb victory in the Irish Form Book Fortria Chase at Navan.

Peter Casey's seven-year-old (10-11 favourite), who enjoyed a brilliant novice campaign, was sent straight into the lead by Andrew Lynch and put in an exhibition round of slick jumping.

Biz Zeb and Foildubh were still on the premises in the straight, butp>Flemenstar ran on strongly to dispose of the former, winner of the race for the last three years, by seven lengths. He now heads for the John Durkan at Punchestown.

The jockey doubled up on Jimmy Finn's gambled-on Ballyfinboy (7-1), who built up a massive lead during the St Johann Ski Resort Tirol Austria Handicap Hurdle and kept going to hold Tarquinius's late charge by a neck.

Paul Carberry rode a patient race on Noel Meade's 5-4 favourite Dylan Ross in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase, picking off the opposition to lead on the run-in and beat Lake Windermere by a length and three-quarters.